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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garraunorish

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garraunorish is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Garraunorish, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies flat pasture in undulating countryside as a raised roughly circular area measuring 40 metres from northwest to southeast. A poorly preserved tree-lined earthen bank, 2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high internally, encloses the site but has mainly reduced to a scarp. A possible entrance gap 3 metres wide opens at the west, and the place may have been reused as a tree-ring in the nineteenth century.
Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. A raised roughly circular area (diam. 40m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved tree-lined earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m) which has been mainly reduced to a scarp. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at W. This site may have been reused as a tree-ring in the nineteenth century. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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